75 Billion Reasons To Own Google
Alphabet (Google’s parent) has significantly ramped up research and development spending in recent years. In 2022, Google spent about $39.5 billion on R&D, which jumped to $45.4 billion in 2023. This ~15% increase was driven largely by higher personnel costs (adding thousands of engineers) and one-time charges like office space consolidation.
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Market Commentary: 4 Reasons Why Buffett Bet 43% Of His Portfolio On 1 Stock
When you understand that stocks are not just prices on a chart but businesses, investing gets much easier. You take your eyes off solely viewing price undulations and focus more on the nuts and bolts of the business driving the share price.
One business with such extraordinary attributes that Warren Buffett bet over 43% of his holdings in it is Apple.
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Market Commentary: Undervalued Zombie with 41.6% Upside
Zombie companies are heavily indebted but continue to operate and service their debts, though usually they don’t pay them off. Because they’re so heavily indebted, small changes in interest rates can make them vulnerable to bankruptcy. So you might be wondering, why, in a rising interest rate environment they should even cross our radar.
Well,
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Market Commentary: If I Had To Buy 1 Stock This Would Be It
We were put on the spot recently when a colleague asked “if you had to buy just one stock what would it be?”
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Is Tesla Breaking Out?
When CEO Elon Musk reported Tesla’s latest earnings results this week, few were excited by the numbers.
In fact, the share price immediately fell off a cliff in after-hours trading to $356 per share but within minutes a sharp bounce back occurred and, in the virtual blink of an eye, the share price was back over $400 per share.
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How Zuckerberg Can Seize The Next Trillion
CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t get as much credit as he may deserve for his ferocity and tenaciousness. As the head of Meta, he is widely viewed as the dorky tech guy who stumbled upon a great idea and just happened to build a big social media business.
The truth is he’s a harsh competitor,
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Insights: 1 Sporting Stock Billionaire Bet $500 Million On
When Stephen Mandel makes a big bet, it’s worth finding out why. He’s the President and portfolio manager at Lone Pine Capital, a $10 billion fund based in Greenwich, Connecticut.
As we analyzed his portfolio, it became clear why he’s running a billion dollar fund – just about every stock in his portfolio is undervalued on a discounted cash flow forecast basis.
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Federal Reserve back to wait-and-see with steady inflation and growth
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Federal Reserve will hold its first meeting of 2026 this week where officials are broadly expected to hold steady on another interest rate cut to see how the economy evolves after 75 basis points in reductions to close last year to aid a stalling labor market.
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